I find it amazing that flown Gemini flags are offered like this. I was always under the impression that these country and state kits were just for Apollo, not Gemini!

fredtrav

I did order a flag. Cambodia, as it a nice looking flag. I wish he had had Bhutan though.

I have seen flags from other countries and other missions offered. On eBay there is a Gemini 10 flag from John Young. It was bought at an auction and he is trying to resell it(at a hefty increase).

rjurek349

I ordered several flags, from both the Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 missions. It's too good of a price deal to pass up. Thanks to Kim/Sally and Jim McDivitt for making these available at collector-friendly prices! Get 'em before they are gone, folks...

Larry McGlynn

I, too, pickup a large US flag from McDivitt. Kim and Sally had him certify it both on the flag and via a COA. They also had sent extremely quickly.

Great job and thanks to Kim, Sally and Novaspace staff.

Robert Pearlman

A question was raised off-forum if the Gemini 4 flags represent the first flight in space for some or most of the international nations.

McDivitt doesn't know.

It's an interesting question — anyone know of any earlier examples?

spaced out

This is certainly the first full flag kit to have been seen from any Mercury or Gemini mission.

You have to wonder if other astronauts also carried full kits. What about Ed White for example? But so far I don't remember seeing any foreign flags from the White estate so there's no indication that he copied McDivitt in this respect.

I'm only aware of a few individual foreign flags being sold from earlier missions, or indeed from any other Gemini flight to this point.

Although the sheer volume of flags being released in one go may overwhelm the collecting community at this point this is definitely an opportunity not to be missed and the prices are unbeatable.

davidcwagner

Got the Dominican Republic flag because of the red, white and blue colors. I have a great Ed Hengeveld Gemini spacewalk painting to frame with it along with the Novaspace Gemini 4 patch.

MrSpace86

I just received my flag and here is what I have to say about it:

Novaspace is amazing. The packaging of the item is absolutely bulletproof and insane. Worth every penny in shipping

The flag itself and the COA are top notch. Very well done and awesome

The speed and friendliness of the customer service is unparallelled. Amazing stuff going on there

I am very happy to a) finally own a flag flown on Gemini and b) to have a flown flag of my birth country in my collection. Thank you Jim McDivitt and Novaspace for such a wonderful opportunity!! (I will post pics soon of how I put it together).

Working on ways to display it. Currently, the flag is "solo" as I consider adding another GT-4 item to frame/display with it.

capoetc

Note: The following is presented mostly in jest, lest I should unknowingly offend anyone by suggesting that NASA would have flown a Confederate flag, in case anyone should be so inclined to be offended.

Well, I now own a Gemini-flown Confederate flag!

It just happens to be the flag of the country of Somalia, but... this looks EXACTLY like the first (unofficial) flag of the Confederate States of America, circa 1961 — the Bonnie Blue flag! This was the flag that flew over the artillery batteries of P.T.G. Beauregard at Fort Sumter.

Hurrah! Hurrah!For Southern rights, hurrah!Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.

Pretty cool, huh?

Of course, it also looks just like the flag of the Republic of West Florida, circa 1810...

MrSpace86

Quick question: Are these the first set of country flags known to have flown in space or were there other sets flown in the Mercury missions?

I am curious so I can talk about the item I have in more detail in terms of uniqueness and rarity. Thanks!

Editor's note: Threads merged.

spaced out

I don't recall seeing any foreign country flags flown on a Mercury flight or any from Gemini 3, so based on the evidence so far McDivitt's Gemini 4 flags seem to be the first full set of country flags flown in space, at least by the Americans.

That means if you have a particular county's flag from McDivitt's collection it is most likely the first flag of that country carried in space.